Feature Suggestions

How about a simple layers palette to show/select/hide/delete all objects in the current slide? I hate having to use the Build inspector because not every object requires/has a build animation attached to it. Right now, the only way I've found to select an object that's buried under other objects is to a) hope it's got a build and then b) select that build in the Build inspector, click the titlebar of the document's window, and then I can make modifications but still can't actually see the object. This needs to change. Here's a simple implementation: When you select an object on the new Layers inspector, the object you're working with "comes forward" with the remainder of the slide dimming a little like Expose normally does. When you're done working with it, it fades back into the stack and you're done.
Adjustable shadows when using a 3d charts: distance/opacity, etc.
Resize and drag objects in a 3d chart and have the values updated in the Chart Editor window. The current ability to modify depth of the entire chart is nice but I'd like to be able to interactively place and size objects without having to type in numbers.
More customization in setting x/y axis label settings like using your own numbers. Also the ability to go past 10 steps.
I'd like to be able to change the length of 3d chart gridlines via the Metrics inspector instead of having to spin the chart around so I can make the angle AND the gridlines visible.
I'd like to be able to see two slides at once so I can drag elements from one to the other instead of copy/paste or retype values from a chart from a slide that was imported when its text is not editable.
A build timeline so we can trigger multiple object builds at once and have them move from one "build in" animation to another.
And one last thing. How about keyboard shortcuts for each item in the Inspector window? I hate having to click the little icon when a key combo would be much quicker.
Thanks and sorry if this isn't the right place. I didn't see a better place to submit these.
Matt

Well, the drawer is resizable in Pages. Open the Styles and you can grow or shrink it. I do agree, however, that it is a limitation. If you are using a computer system with a smaller screen, and pages or keynote opens to the width of that screen, opening a drawer will give you less usable real estate.
Opening a layerr in a separate window would be as awkward as some people find the Fonts window.. Many people like having continuous access to it while others are content to open it when needed and close it when not.
I mean, how many people leave the layerr window open all the time when using photoshop? Even when they are not using it all the time.
My main concern with a layers option would be having to name all the parts of a given set of overlapping objects. I have a masked image, sometimes a frame, often an elaborate set of presized shadows, perhaps some text. Naming each of those would be cumbersome.
No, whatever paradigm they use, it has to be visual and intuitive and allow you to open the items you have selected to work on them one at a time.
Now, if the iWork developers (the ones making all the front-end decisions that are consistent between all iwork programs) are working on a graphics program... One that will allow you to make macdraw style images, complete 'cutout' style shapes, and other artwork that can be utilised in the other programs, then a layer concept held by a table or explode-apart collection of elements would perhaps be usable.
Of course, then you get those people who refuse to have more than one keynote project open at a time (even though a blank keynote presentation is the handiest scratchpad/scrapbook for working on cumbersome graphics for Pages and Keynote. I sometimes wonder as to how many ever thought of that)
Personally, I am more concerned with the underlying consistency between programs. Fix that, make it upgradeable to all in a consistent fashion and then work on bells and whistles. Layering is a bell and whistle until I get the same photo placeholderness as Pages and cool line textures as iWeb.
Gerry

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Keyword Bugs and Some Keywording Improvement / Feature Suggestions

Tagging Bugs and Some Improvement / Feature Suggestions
Please excuse where I should use the word Tag or Keyword or vice versa!
1.       BUG?    If a tag synonym is added or changed then all affected photos should be marked for re-publish. I do not think this currently happens.   Should this possibly be considered a bug?
2.       BUG?    When viewing a smart collection in a Flickr publish service and a new tag is added to a photo it is correctly moved to the “requires re-publish” section.   However … the thumb selection in the grid moves to the next photo, the loop view remains on the photo just tagged and the key wording still reflects the just tagged photo.    The selection shown in the grid appears to be wrong.      When working quickly this can result in tagging errors as the user looking on the grid believes he is working on the next highlighted photo in the grid.      This is surely a bug?
3.       BUG?      A minor point and I realise this is probably not the correct way to do things … but a double word synonym entered with quotes for example “Ice Climbing” will create two tags “Ice” and “Climbing” at the flicker end of things.    Removal of this synonym and forcing a re-publish does not delete these two tags at the flicker end of things.    I may have miss-understood, but perhaps it is best for LR not to allow quoted tags?
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5.       SUGGESTION      It would be very useful when reviewing tagging to select to show all photos in the currently selected folder or set which do not contain the selected tag.    Note, I don’t think this can be easily achieved by using a keyword filter and selecting all keywords and unselecting the tag of interest as the pictures may have many tags.    The same might be performed by textual based searches but this is inelegant and its slowness precludes a browsing approach.     For example – for me it would be useful to look at all my mountain shots in a trip which have not been tagged with “Glacier” and it will be immediately visually apparent where I need to make tagging corrections.    I would suggest a “Not” checkbox is made available on the top of each column in the library filter – this may also provide a great deal of power for other situations.
6.       SUGGESTION      It would be useful to allow a means of showing all pictures with a certain tag but which have not been tagged yet with any children of said tag.   For example all pictures tagged with Glacier which I have not yet named the glacier by introducing a relevant child tag or selecting an existing child tag.    A similar situation occurs for wildlife and potentially many other scenarios … I would like to use a tag “Butterfly” which I can quickly use on my first pass… and then do the identification and child tagging on a second pass using appropriate filtering.   This allows for a step wise or “top down” approach to tag classifying things in a workflow.    I appreciate this can be achieved (as I do now) by using a child tag called “Unnamed butterfly” or “Unnamed Glacier” but it seems more powerful, elegant and generically applicable to be able to filter on a “not tagged with a child” basis.
I apologise if I have missed the point on some existing functionality on any of these points and welcome any suggestions.

This is a great post.
I couldn't have written it myself better.
I'm also in dying need of Korean input as I can't communicate with my Korean friends.
But I second every point.
I hope the tech teams are reading this.

Who do you contact with Aperture feature suggestions?

Who do you contact with Aperture feature suggestions?
Anybody have Joe Schorr's email address?
Photographer Brian Fischer, Atascadero CA
[email protected]

There's a "submit feedback" menu item in Aperture itself. Use that

Backlighting Feature Suggestions?

Where the heck is the iPod feature suggestion area?
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Powered example: when I'm plugged into my car connection, which is powered, I want to be able see the display. Would be nice to do that without scrolling through the menu everytime. The display is impossible to read dark.
Battery example: when the iPod is in my pocket, backpack or whatever running on battery power, it doesn't need to remain backlit long. I can't see it anyway.
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I don't want to have to manually set the backilight setting for whatever condition I am using the iPod. It should be smart enough to know when it is connected to a power source and when it is not.
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How do you make an itunes feature suggestion to Apple?

I'm trying to find a place to make an itunes feature suuggestion to Apple, but all I seem to be able to find is a "request music" link...
If this is the only place, then here is my suggestion...
I am a video editor and I use itunes to play my music, but also to audition sound effects and production music tracks. But when I do a shuffle play of my entire library, I don't really want to hear these sfx and songs (or the audiobooks I've taken from an audiobook CDs).
Therefore, I think it would be useful if there was some kind of "flag" that said "this is not a song" or "don't include in shuffle".
Alternatively, what would be great for me, is if itunes could have multiple libraries, then I could have a normal music library, a sfx and production music library and an audiobook library.
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Chris.

The iTunes feedback is confusing indeed. I use the general Feedback page to report bugs and to do suggestions.
They assure that the messages will be read, but you won't get a reply.
As this is a user-to-user forum, it is highly unlikely your suggestions will be read by Apple employees (except moderators).
You can exclude songs from shuffling by checking 'Skip when Shuffling' in the 'Options' tab of the Info window (Get Info of a song; shortcut: command-I)
Unfortunately, you can only do this song by song.
Using this script, you can enable/disable 'Skip when Shuffling' of all selected songs.
You could put the songs/sfx in a playlist, select them all (command-A) and run the script.
To run multiple libraries, you can choose between these two applications:
iTunes Library Manager and Libra.
Although not real instant switchable libraries, both apps. can create multiple 'iTunes Library' files, which enables you to have separate libraries for all kinds of files.
Hope this helps.
M
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Feature suggestions for Lightroom 3

Hi team,
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* Ability to Maintain Color Profiles inside LR, without having to restart. I use the X-rite CC Passport to generate Color Profiles at almost every shoot. It might be helpful to have an easy way to maintain these Profiles (and to share them like we can share presets!). At very least, add an option in Preferences to open the appropriate Folder so I don't have to go hunting for it.
While the early LR3 beta is encouraging, I do think it is missing many user-requested features, and features its "competitors" already have. In my view, Lightroom needs to stay ahead of the curve to gain market share.
Once again, congratulations on creating a fantastic tool in Lightroom. It just keeps getting better with every version (LR3 looks amazing so far for an early beta - love the improved demosaic sharpness and NR).
Hope these suggestions are helpful.
Cheers,
Matthew

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The consistency of having a Done button in all places that present a secondary work screen would make leaving those screens simpler.
When organizing folders, keeping the focus local after a Delete would be good, instead of the focus jumping up to a higher level as it does, requiring a search for your location. If you're making a lot of changes this can be time-consuming and frustrating. I know some other program do this, but not all and it's solvable.
When moving a folder of files, the last file doesn't get moved and could wind up in some random place if you don't suspect this and go after it to move it by itself. This seems to be unique to Lightroom.
In leaving Compare, it's not clear which image you're keeping because the filename isn't visible, only the rating (if used). Changing the rating to exit can disable the Done button. To get it back it shouldn't be necessary to swap the images. Why not use a more standard release action like the Escape key?
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That feature is the ability to graphically adjust audio pitch. Digital Performer has, for a couple of years, had the ability to analyze pitch on any audio as soon as it's recorded, and then allow users to graphically adjust it +*right in the audio track*+. I'm an owner of Antares' Auto Tune plugin, which has graphical adjustment ability, but it's a real pain. Also, it's a plug-in, and not inherent right in the audio track. Here's a link to the page for that feature at MOTU's site:
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To the Oracle XML developers:
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Feature Suggestion for iCal and Contacts

Many times, I will have a calendar entry with a conference call dial-in number in the Notes section of the appointment. Unfortunately, the calendar does not allow me to dial that number by touching it like mail does. It would be nice if I could do this right from the notes section of the appointment. Further, I'd like to be able to enter the conference ID into the phone keypad without having to remember the long string. Some kind of a "copy & dial" function would be nice. That feature would be great across all apps.
Hope somebody has the same thoughts in development.

Welcome to the discussions,
you can address Apple directly and leave your suggestions by using the feedback page: http://www.apple.com/support/feedback/

Features Suggestions?

Is there any where that I can suggest a new feature to Apple for iTunes? Because I have a good idea for a new feature that they should add.
Many people (myself included) tend to create new iTunes Playlists on our iPods and either forget or never get around to re-creating these playlists onto our iTunes application on our computers. So eventually we have many new playlists with loads of songs on our iPod... and then something happens. Whether it be purchasing a new iPod, purchasing a new Computer, a virus crashing your system and having to wipe the computer, the iPod failing and having to do a 'system restore', etc. something eventually happens.
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http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html
Regards.

Product Feature Suggestions

Could someone please tell me who i can post or send comments to about feature enhancements/suggested improvements too? Thanks.

Use either one of these links.
iPod Feedback.
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Attach 64TB disk(s) to Azure VMs - please vote up this feature suggestion if you need it too

http://feedback.azure.com/forums/34192--general-feedback/suggestions/6555737-attach-64tb-disk-s-to-azure-vms
Each Azure storage account comes with 500 TB of block blob storage capacity. However, this vast storage
is not available to be used via an Azure VM.
The best we can do right now is attach 16x 1TB disks (page blobs) to an A4 or bigger VM. This poses few
problems:
1. 16TB is way too small for many use cases such as using Azure as backup/DR target
2. This coupling of storage to RAM/CPU is undesirable and drives enterprise clients to other cloud providers.
When will Microsoft provide us the ability to make VHDX 64TB+ files in Azure block blob storage and
attach them to Azure VMs?
Dozens of cloud providers make such functionality available. When will be able to have the same in Azure??
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This is a useful feature. I have voted it. Thanks Sam~~
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Thanks for a really excellent,solid and well thought-through video player.
I'm just curious on when the next version will be released. What kind of features are planned? A public roadmap would be really nice to have when developing around this player.
My suggestions would be:
Simple JavaScript API
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Possibility for the user to retry playback if RTMP connection fails, (media element not found) instead of locking the player, currently forcing the user to reload the browser.
Remove the pause button on live streams and replace it with a stop button. (When DVR is not supported obviously)

Hi,
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We are shooting to release the next version (v1.5) of Strobe Media Playback (SMP) in December.
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We have just added support for an FMS 3.5.3 feature called Stream Reconnect to OSMF 1.5 (release currently scheduled for early November). In the event of a network connection loss, this allows the player to continue to play out the buffer while it attempts to reconnect to the network. Would this suit your needs? We will likely eventually add this to SMP as well.
Any other questions or feedback, please let me know.
Thanks!
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I'm using Adobe Reader on Android.
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2. Selection or highlighting of text in different colors
3. Notes taking support
4. Translation of selected text Ina similar fashion to Play Books app.
5. Syncing of reading across devices.

Hi,
Thanks for writing to us.
1. We have this added this request to our feature backlog. We might incorporate it in one of our future releases.
2. You can change the color of the highlight added to a document. Once you highlight some text, tap on it to bring a context menu with options as Color, Opacity and Clear. Select 'Color' and choose the highlight color. Please note that any new highlight made after this will appear in this color as well.
3. You can add notes to a document. From the top toolbar, select the commenting icon. The commenting toolbar will appear. The first icon from the left on this toolbar is the Sticky Note icon. You can enter text in this note and can edit it later as well.
4. We have added this request to our future backlog as well.
5. What exactly do you mean by 'Syncing of reading' across devices? Do you want the application to remember the last viewed page number? Please note that this functionality is provided for all documents in Acrobat.com. If you want to access this functionality, please make an Acrobat.com account, upload the file you want to read. The file will be visible across devices and the last viewed page will be remembered.
Hope this helps. Please write back in case of any queries.
Thanks.

New feature suggestion for finder.

I'm not sure where one posts new feature ideas/requests so I'll try here first... If you have a better place please tell me.
Please add the Quick Look feature to file selection dialogs.
This is where the feature is at it's most useful. For instance, when selecting files to attach to an email, being able to quick look to make sure it's the version I want to send would be very valuable.
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